• ByteJunk@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    IP block it. Boom there goes eSNI and DNS.

    Sure, it’s crude, but again: it doesn’t have to perfect, it just needs to create havoc with Google services to push away a regular user, who has no idea what DNS even is.

    A better approach though is to fine Google, with a % of revenue increasing until compliance. They’ll very quickly be incentivised to comply or shutdown.

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      1 day ago

      The whole argument was about blocking search only, considering the damages suddenly completely blocking google would do. Yes, you can block google data centers completely, but dude, would that cause chaos.

      A better approach though is to fine Google,

      I said that multiple times already.

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        12 hours ago

        Worthwhile chaos. It’s exactly that fear of consequences that enables their power

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            10 hours ago

            Taking a stance against corporate overreach feels extremely necessary to me.

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              10 hours ago

              That is like saying standing up to authoritarianism is extremely necessary, while proposing to drop nukes on Russia. There are 100 better ways to do it.

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                9 hours ago

                Yes you’re right, blocking a single corporation is totally similar to dropping a nuclear weapon on a civilian site, you’ve shown me the error of my ways.

                Holy fucking hyperbole, Batman!

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                  9 hours ago

                  When looking at the relative difference between cost of your solution, it’s benefits and cost of normal solutions, yes. It is extremely similar.

                  But go ahead nitpicking my exact choice of comparison instead of addressing the glaring issue with your argument.

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                    7 hours ago

                    What “normal solutions” are actually in progress with any real potential of happening? Be for fucking real.

                    Meanwhile what insane doomsday scenario do you think would happen if Google services were banned and people had the given period to find alternatives?

                    You’re talking about a fantasy solution that doesn’t exist then blowing the consequences of this possible action wildly out of proportion in gross hyperbole.